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£5.75 for a salad in uni !!!!

I cant believe that if i want a salad made up in Uni (I have no fridge or kitchen where i stay) to take home in the evening that it is costing me £5.75. They made a huge deal out of it because i asked for a salad and not a wrap/sandwich as they are a deli. First they told me it would be £5, then £5.50 and finally £5.75 and I want one for the four days that i stay up there.

I am just so annoyed that if i want healthy food, it costs a bomb but if i get some rubbish chicken nuggets and chips in student union canteen, it costs £2.50. It will cost more than £20 per week for four salads!!!

Just wondering if this is because i get just lettuce and onions with tuna, chicken, bacon and ham and 2 eggs??. I hate other salad items and I just do this to keep my conscience clear,lol. I have an 8 hour journey home on thursdays and i find that this salad with a banana and muller keep me going until i get my dinner at 8pm.

Sorry, rant over, lol. It seems to cost a lot of money to be healthy but I cannot put a price on good health. I just make sure that when i am home, that i really enjoy my kitchen!!!

Is there a supermarket or an M&S nearby where you could buy a bag of salad?

There is AnnaFaraday but by the time, I would buy all the meat it would probably cost me a fortune and where even would I make it up?. I am half thinking it would be cheaper and easier to do one of the tfr diets such as exante as I could just have the 3 bars per day and then have my salad for evenings as it would be cheaper. However, I love the slimming world way as I feel so healthy while following it. I only have 8 weeks to end of semester and then will be out on placements for the summer elsewhere so ill just have to grin and bear it in the name of health.

Asda do a ham salad or an egg salad and it's two for £3. I'm not sure how your uni is justifying the cost of a salad. You could always contact someone at the uni to highlight the issue.

I am not within walking distance of subway or asda and i have no car up there. Uni says they are charging me seperate for each meat ie chicken, tuna, bacon and ham but that is crazy for bits of deli meat!!!. They are outside contracters for the uni. i might just try the student union deli. they might make up something for me at half the price. Thanks all.

I would have no problem making my own but I have no fridge or kitchen. I am staying in an en-suite room with no facilties. I know that its all meat but this is my dinner and I have no bread with it, hence all the meat lol. I find all the protein keeps me really full. Thanks for you reply.x

I would have no problem making my own but I have no fridge or kitchen. I am staying in an en-suite room with no facilties. I know that its all meat but this is my dinner and I have no bread with it, hence all the meat lol. I find all the protein keeps me really full. Thanks for you reply.x

I agree that the protein is a good idea to keep you full but wasn't the gripe the extortionate cost of a "salad"? Yes its ridiculous that its cheaper to eat rubbish but isn't that the problem everywhere? Salad is cheaper to produce and sell then meats, eggs and fish so automatically having a pot if these items will be more expensive. You said yourself in reply that buying all the meat yourself would cost a fortune.

It it must be a nightmare for you in those circumstances. I'd definitely have a big stash of fruit on me that didn't need refrigerating and maybe have more salad in your salad to drive the cost down. At the end of the day if it works then maybe you have to shoulder the cost. I think our country has a real issue with food pricing and its insane that it coats that much whatever you put in it when a burger and chips is half the price. Is it any wonder we have a high obesity rate?!

This is the perfect idea, RebekahR and thank you. I will deffo be using this idea as I was unaware that you could buy quorn pieces. I have the plastic cutlery, bowls etc in my room. The fruit will also fill me up. Thank you as this will probably be half the cost.xx

I agree that the protein is a good idea to keep you full but wasn't the gripe the extortionate cost of a "salad"? Yes its ridiculous that its cheaper to eat rubbish but isn't that the problem everywhere? Salad is cheaper to produce and sell then meats, eggs and fish so automatically having a pot if these items will be more expensive. You said yourself in reply that buying all the meat yourself would cost a fortune.

It it must be a nightmare for you in those circumstances. I'd definitely have a big stash of fruit on me that didn't need refrigerating and maybe have more salad in your salad to drive the cost down. At the end of the day if it works then maybe you have to shoulder the cost. I think our country has a real issue with food pricing and its insane that it coats that much whatever you put in it when a burger and chips is half the price. Is it any wonder we have a high obesity rate?!

Thats true, Lickthelid. One cannot put a price on health!!!. I will definetely pick up more fruit supplies to keep me full. x

I would have no problem making my own but I have no fridge or kitchen. I am staying in an en-suite room with no facilties. I know that its all meat but this is my dinner and I have no bread with it, hence all the meat lol. I find all the protein keeps me really full. Thanks for you reply.x

Could you get a mini or tabletop fridge? Shouldn't take up much room and you may even be able to pick one up on freecycle for nothing. Argos has them from £22 upwards depending on size. Even a cool bag would be better than nothing xx